A Holistic Approach to Water Management: The Singapore Water Story Book
Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Kishore Joshi and Asit K. Biswas, Routledge, London, 2013, 286 pages.… Read More
Water in Singapore: the challenges ahead
March 19, 2013
Changing social attitudes towards water use and conservation is the most important one.… Read More
It’s drought, not floods, S’pore should fear
March 18, 2013
In conversation with TODAY, Asit Biswas and Dr Cecilia Tortajada talk about the key step Singapore needs to take now: Start talking about raising water tariffs.… Read More
Experts say S’pore needs higher water tariffs
March 18, 2013
Singaporeans are high consumers of water, at 152 litres per person per day, while water tariffs have not increased since 2000 — even as household incomes have gone up 61 per cent.… Read More
Awareness campaigns: Propagandistic or effective policy-tools?
March 7, 2013
Which instruments encompass the toolkit of a successful policy-maker? Citing the example of Singapore, Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr argue that the potential of awareness campaigns is neglected by many governments around the world. A re-appreciation of this supposedly “propagandistic” policy tool is overdue.… Read More
Straining at the floodgates
March 4, 2013
The Kishanganga dispute is the symptom of a fraying Indus Waters Treaty.… Read More
The problem of water management
March 3, 2013
Despite its extraordinary economic growth in the past three decades, China has not made commensurate progress in planning and managing its water resources.… Read More
India: Policy darkness in the power sector
India’s power sector is facing innumerable challenges which would not be easy to overcome because of social, economic and political problems which have been allowed to fester unchallenged for decades.… Read More
Volume 29, Issue 1
March 2013
Special Issue on Livelihood Rehabilitation of Involuntarily Resettled People by Dam Construction Projects: Cases in Asia… Read More
Pros and cons of shale gas for China
January 16, 2013
With recoverable resources of up to 36.1 trillion cubic meters, China has the world’s largest deposit of shale gas, and if accessed properly, it could turn its energy problem on its head.… Read More